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Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...central heating systems, dishwashers and coffee machines that form part of everyday routines, or entertainment devices such as music systems, wireless headphones, surround sound speakers, electronic keyboards, DJ decks or drum kits. Not to mention the increasingly large range of electronic toys on the market, from simple light and sound toys to build-your-own-robot kits...
Leadership and followership Badge icon
Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...central themes...Week 1: Where are you starting from?: 1.1 Defining leadership - How would you describe leadership? Before looking at some definitions, use Activity 1 to consider what leadership means to you. Activity 1 What is a leader? Timing: Allow about 10 minutes Think about leaders you are aware of, either from the media or from your own experience. What do they do...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...central focus of the conversation revolved around comprehending and recognising yourself, and how this understanding relates to your vision, values, and objectives. While Rumak specifically discussed these aspects within the context of a football coach, similar contemplations can apply to athletes as well. It involves understanding the type of player you are, defining...
Open education
Education & Development

Open education

...centrally provided resources. One of the most innovative MOOCs in its use of technology has been DS106, the digital storytelling course run by Jim Groom. In this course learners keep their own blogs, which are aggregated together into the main course blog. There is also an assignment bank where learners suggest assignments, and a radio station that is open to anyone to...
Level 3: Advanced 40 hrs
Animals at the extremes: polar biology
Nature & Environment

Animals at the extremes: polar biology

...central to the bears’ metabolic adaptations to dormancy. Measurements of composition of the respiratory gases reveal that the respiratory exchange ratio (RER) falls from 0.78 when the bears are fully active to 0.62–0.69 during dormancy. Such values are exceptionally low: the normal minimum RER for mammals, representing oxidation of lipid only, is 0.71. The low RER...
Hybrid working: organisational development
Money & Business

Hybrid working: organisational development

...central to organisations operating and developing, and are potentially one of their most valuable assets. Data and information allow you to analyse your organisation to make decisions, identify needs, track your workforce’s wellbeing and provide evidence against objectives/targets for both internal and external stakeholders. For data to be used effectively within an...
Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging Badge icon
Health, Sports & Psychology

Exploring learning disabilities: supporting belonging

...Central School of Speech and Drama. A course, at Central School, run by Access All Areas, a special course for people with learning disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, et cetera. And I did the course and long story short, I am now a freelance actor and it's all because of Access All Areas. And I really wish to God that I knew...
A freelance career in the creative arts Badge icon
History & The Arts

A freelance career in the creative arts

...central careers or business support department. Other students on your course might also have chosen a freelance career, and will probably be happy to share their experiences...Week 3: Identifying my support network: 5 Sharing the experience - Another way to obtain support is through collaboration. You can do this more formally by creating a business partnership or...